A group of second-year dental therapy and hygiene students from Plymouth University are working with the Stroke Association in Plymouth and Chatterbox, to develop a communication aid to help stroke survivors when they visit the dentist.
People who have suffered a stroke can be prone to oral health problems. Loss of dexterity and feeling may mean that they cannot clean their own teeth...
An exhibition exploring our relationship with soil and its influence on our everyday lives has launched in the Peninsula Arts Gallery at Plymouth University.
Soil Culture: Deep Roots presents a series of works by six established international artists who have engaged with soils over many years.
They range from Mel Chin, who uses plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated...
People have evolved to have subconscious urges to over-eat, and limited ability to avoid becoming obese, especially in winter, a University of Exeter study has found.
There is not yet an evolutionary mechanism to help us overcome the lure of sweet, fatty and unhealthy food and avoid becoming overweight for understandable and sensible reasons, according to researchers.
Academics from Plymouth University are leading a project to develop software which will give young people an enhanced understanding of the natural world.
PhenoloGIT is a three-year project which will design, build and test an educational platform which teachers and students can use to share information about the physical environment and the living world.
A successful and popular local Who’s Got Talent competition held in front of a live audience at The Devonport Playhouse, Plymouth, has raised £1100 to support research into Huntington’s disease at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
The winner of the competition was dance act Hollie Chapman, who won a cup and £250. There were also separate prizes for junior...
Paramedic students have put their skills to an explosive test by attending to casualties in a simulated train crash.
Twenty-nine Students from Plymouth University took part in the crisis exercise at Churston railway station, which was organised by Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company in conjunction with Torbay Hospital, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service and Devon and...
Optometry students from Plymouth University have helped local rugby stars to keep their season in focus by conducting free eye examinations.
Third-year students put their clinical skills into practice by treating five players from Plymouth Albion RFC at the University’s Centre of Eye care Excellence (CEE). The players received the examinations thanks to a partnership with the...
A graduate who earned numerous accolades during his studies at Plymouth University has won an award from the Royal Television Society (RTS).
Alex Nicol, who graduated this summer with a first class BA (Hons) Media Arts degree, won the News category of the 2015 RTS Student Television Awards for Devon and Cornwall.
He impressed judges with a documentary film titled Wars on the...
Plymouth University has been recognised for its excellence in supporting armed forces reservists – and one of its employees has received a special award for her outstanding military work.
The University received a Defence Employer Recognition Silver (DERS) award at the Lord-Lieutenant for Devon’s Annual Award Ceremony at the Council House, Plymouth last month. The award was given for...
Fourteen local acts who have won their place in the final of Devonport’s Who’s Got Talent will perform in front of a live audience at The Devonport Playhouse, Plymouth, on Saturday 7th November – and the event will raise money to support research into Huntington’s disease at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
